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eyefinity + 3 monitor setup

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KeithGS

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Mar 26, 2012
Hi everyone!!

Just have a quick question.


I currently own the HiS Radeon 7970 card with 2x miniDP 1x HDMI and 1x DVI.

I own 3 monitors,

one 2x DVI+1x VGA
two: 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
three: 1x HDMI 1x VGA


ALL screens are 23" 1920x1080

I recently bought these monitors, realizing that the third one that I have won't work without an active adapter, so I bought a miniDP to HDMI adapter, than realized it wasn't ACTIVE

So my question is...

This is my setup that I want to use, please let me know which one will work best, or please give me suggestions.


Setup

Monitor (one) (Left) will be connected directly DVI
Monitor (two) (Center) will be connected direct HDMI
Monitor (three) (Right) will be connected through ACTIVE VGA to MiniDP adapter to the MiniDP

Will this work properly?

I currently have a PASSIVE MiniDP to HDMI adapter, if I used that for the second monitor would that work with eyefinity also?

Or should I get the DVI to MiniDP (ACTIVE) adapter for monitor one instead, and use a massive for the third monitor (and) second?



Please let me know what you think!
 
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I have eyefinity with 3 monitors of the same size on an HIS 6970.The new 7970 support 6 monitors. I have two mini display ports and one dvi connected , one of my display ports is active dp to dvi. The order that you put each monitor in does not matter you configure which monitor is which in AMD catalyst.
I know that Eyefinity will only allow for 2 "legacy" connections. Try not to use the VGA connection at all. Others use the setup of DVI, HDMI, and then DisplayPort to DVI connection.

I am new so there will probably be better answer from more experienced members but since I do use eyefinity I figured I would at least give you my thoughts on it.
 
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